BEREA, Ohio -- Brown coach Mike Pettine talked to Johnny Manziel about his most controversial photo, in which he was rolling a $20 bill at a bathroom sink, and said Manziel responded positively.

He declined to provide details of the conversation, only that it took place.

"I don't want to get into a (public) discussion of every picture that comes out, but I talked to him about it,'' Pettine told cleveland.com. "We anticipate this will quiet down once the season starts. As committed as Johnny is to football, this stuff should not be an issue once camp gets underway.''

He said it will only be a concern if the behavior continues through camp and into the season.

He also said Manziel's infamous "money phone'' video might not have been a recent clip. In the video, a wasted-looking Manziel shouts an f-bomb into a stack of money that he's pretending is his phone.

Indeed, Manziel did tell reporters at a Play 60 event last month that he didn't want to talk about something that was in the past when asked about the money phone video.

Manziel, who's partying has made headlines all offseason, will report to training camp on Wednesday with the rest of the rookies. The first practice open to the public is Saturday in Berea, Ohio from 9:30 a.m. to 12:10 p.m.

Although Brian Hoyer will begin camp as the clearcut No. 1, Pettine plans to let the best quarterback win the starting job.

"I see it as open,'' Pettine said. "Brian will be the guy there day one of practice. But we're going to let them compete as best we can. We don't want to overtax the offensive line and we want to mix and match the groups and we're going to have a plan for it. We are going to have a sense of when we want to name the starter.

"We might know very quickly or we might take some time. There are some things open. We might let each one of them start a preseason game and we think they'll both get some good reps in front of a big crowd at the Family Day (Aug. 2 at the University of Akron).''

Pettine said the coaches are looking forward to getting Manziel in camp and getting the competition underway.

"We're going to have a meeting with Kyle (Shanahan) and Dowell (Loggains) and we're going to look at that whole situation and I tasked them over the summer to give it some thought on how we handle to the reps,'' said Pettine. "As I talked about that last day (of minicamp), we really need to find that sweet spot of (when to name the starter). I don't want it to go on forever and then have neither one of them ready for the opener, and there's no chemistry built with the offense. I also don't want it to be over before it starts and do it too soon.''

Pettine said the tricky part will be figuring out how to make the competition even.

"We definitely want to give them both a chance to work with the same supporting cast,'' Pettine said. "You have to be careful who you put out there. What offensive line are we going to have with both guys that are potentially starters and that's the down side.

"Your offensive line might get stretched a little bit with the quarterback competition. The starters might play a little bit longer than maybe you're used to in the preseason. Those are decisions we haven't made yet and there's a lot of different ways to do it.''

He added that it will also be a challenge to play to each quarterback's strengths in the preseason. Manziel's strengths are making plays on the run, while Hoyer is more of a pocket passer.

"We know they're two different styles of quarterbacks, and one will be more successful at things than maybe the other but there are a lot of ways to be effective as a quarterback,'' Pettine said. "When those guys are in there, we'll get to the point where we'll gameplan to their strengths. Sometimes that's hard to do in preseason.''

Pettine said that while the fans might expect a first-round quarterback to start right away, draft status won't be a factor.

"It's really a simple thing for us,'' he said. "It's who gives us the best opportunity to win. I don't want to be in the business of rotating quarterbacks. I don't believe in that. It's hard to get continuity that way and I don't want to give the starter that sense of 'oh my God I've got to play well or there's going to be a quick hook.' You have to decide on a guy and give him every opportunity.''

Despite all of the distractions that come with a quarterback competition, Pettine is looking forward to it.

"It's just like a lot of other positions where you have guys competing whether it's Justin Gilbert and Buster Skrine competing for that (starting cornerback) spot,'' said Pettine. "We weren't going to hand Justin that spot. You've got (Chris) Kirksey and Craig Robertson competing for the inside 'backer spot, Garrett Gilkey and John Greco at guard, and Jim Dray and Gary Barnidge for that second tight end spot. And the best competition might be Ben Tate and our guy from Terrance West from Towson, who I really like.''

He added, "The beauty of the (quarterback) competition is that we have two guys that have the ability to start. Post-draft you feel a lot better about it than what we had in January when Hoyer was coming off the surgery and we had some uncertainty at the position.''

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